The annual external financial statement audit and quarterly auditor reviews are a major project for a company’s finance and accounting staff. Audits also require input from in-house counsel, both in advising management and interacting directly with the auditors. Panelists will provide insight into the principal aspects of the audit process, including the role of the auditor versus that of management, the major steps involved in an audit, audit timing and the role of the auditors in other aspects of the financial reporting process, such as earnings releases and SEC filings. The panel will also focus on management’s interrelationship with the auditors, including management representations and privilege and other issues surrounding in-house counsel’s communications with the auditors about legal matters. Lunch will be served onsite from 12:00–12:30 p.m. The program will begin at 12:30 p.m.

Presented by Tom White of WilmerHale, Albert Vondra, Partner, PwC, and Sam Flax, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Capital, Ltd.

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